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DiBiase, Mary; Hoff, David – Jobs for the Future, 2023
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way of organizing learning environments to accommodate people with a wide array of learning preferences, needs, and ways of expressing and receiving information and demonstrating competency. This brief provides an overview of how applying UDL to Registered Apprenticeships can result in a more welcoming…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Inclusion, Diversity
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Alicia M. Hoke; Chelsea M. Keller; Caroline L. Grimm; Erik B. Lehman; Deepa L. Sekhar – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The whole school, whole community, whole child (WSCC) model suggests wellness councils, ongoing review of wellness policy, and a plan for evaluating set objectives are some of the key features needed to support school wellness infrastructure. This study explored the relationship between implementation of these infrastructure features…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Schools, Wellness, Educational Policy
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Edouard, Gusman – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
Adult students have different backgrounds, knowledge, experiences, abilities, interests, and learning needs. Hence, teaching all learners the same way is not the most effective. Individual differences should be considered. Exposing a whole class to one set of content, exercises, and assessment activities is unrealistic. In other words, to learn…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Environment
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Natalie Nussli; Kevin Oh – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2024
This mixed-methods study captures multiple stakeholders' voices and experiences of a hybrid-flexible (HyFlex) learning environment. It juxtaposes different perceptions of learning experiences, equivalency, and interactions. Tutor strategies to facilitate communication across space are explored. Thirty-six undergraduate students experienced the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Blended Learning, Undergraduate Students, Synchronous Communication
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M. Fagerström; M. Löf; U. Müssener; M. Neher; S. B. Nutley; K. Thomas – School Mental Health, 2025
The prevalence of mental health issues among adolescents is alarmingly rising. Using mobile phones as tools for promoting mental health can complement school-based health promotion efforts. However, for widespread reach, schools must systematically implement these tools and the students themselves may play an important role in achieving this.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Health Services, Mental Health, Handheld Devices
Region 16 Comprehensive Center, 2024
This project brief maps out how the Oregon Department of Education, with support from Region 16, conceived, developed, and implemented the six Student Success Plans, co-developed in collaboration with the communities surrounding six student focal groups: (1) Black/African American students; (2) American Indian/Alaska Native students; (3)…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Program Development, Program Implementation, Success
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to the current incidence of mental health challenges among youth by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs. The plan…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, Health Services, Social Emotional Learning
Wallace Foundation, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies. Summer…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Summer Programs
Guarino, K.; Chagnon, E. – National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2018
The "Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training Package" offers school and district administrators and staff a roadmap and tools for adopting a school- or district-wide approach to addressing trauma and promoting resilience for everyone in the learning environment. This training package supports school and district administrators and staff to do…
Descriptors: Trauma, Student Needs, Holistic Approach, Intervention
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to this moment of crisis by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs." The plan for achieving this goal includes…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Health Services
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Leshnick, Sengsouvanh; Allen, Jackie Statum; Berman, Daniela – Learning Professional, 2019
While a good amount is known in education research about approaches to individualized learning (e.g. differentiated instruction, personalized learning plans), little is known about the scope and scale of efforts to individualize learning in the Bush Foundation's region of focus. To support its learning and future investments, the Bush Foundation…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Educational Practices
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Williams, Nathaniel J.; Frederick, Lindsay; Ching, Alix; Mandell, David; Kang-Yi, Christina; Locke, Jill – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Schools play a major role in delivering behavioral health services to autistic youth. School culture and climate are strong predictors of the extent to which these services incorporate evidence-based practices; however, little is known about how school leaders shape culture and climate. Drawing on the concept of culture and climate embedding…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, School Culture, Educational Environment
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
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Hume, Kara; Sreckovic, Melissa; Snyder, Kate; Carnahan, Christina R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
In school, students are expected to navigate different types of transitions every day, including those between instructors, subjects, and instructional formats, as well as classrooms. Despite the routines that many teachers develop to facilitate efficient transitions and maximize instructional time, many learners with ASD continue to struggle with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Transitional Programs, Coping
Alice Tawell; Andrew Brown; Alun Rees; Trinidad Moreno Silva; Ellen Froustis; Nikki Luke; Julie Selwyn; Kathryn Duckworth; Leon Feinstein – UK Department for Education, 2025
The Virtual School Head (VSH) was, until September 2021, the Local Authority (LA) officer statutorily tasked with promoting the education of children looked after (CLA) and previously looked after children (PLAC). In 2021, following the publication of The Children in Need Review (DfE, 2018b) and subsequent research by the Universities of Bristol…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, County School Districts, Occupational Information, School Administration
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